Political convenience is a big one with them. At least with the passenger airplanes, their only competitor is very non-American Airbus, so they’re not only too big to fail but too embarrassing to fail.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if in 10 years their liners regularly fall out of the sky, and the US government just covers it up domestically the way China does with a lot of their corner cutting.
That being said, I can’t rule out that their bid wasn’t just better here, at least on paper.
Boeing has put a bunch of flight hours on the experiential version, how well that translates to a production version who knows. If LM doesn’t challenge then it’s pretty clear Boeing’s prototype was significantly better.
But then there’s still a couple of other manufacturers available, isn’t there? LM, NG… can’t think of a third one currently… Boeing would be the last place I would go to for reliable and critical engineering
Why would anyone trust Boeing with such a project?
Political convenience is a big one with them. At least with the passenger airplanes, their only competitor is very non-American Airbus, so they’re not only too big to fail but too embarrassing to fail.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if in 10 years their liners regularly fall out of the sky, and the US government just covers it up domestically the way China does with a lot of their corner cutting.
That being said, I can’t rule out that their bid wasn’t just better here, at least on paper.
Boeing has put a bunch of flight hours on the experiential version, how well that translates to a production version who knows. If LM doesn’t challenge then it’s pretty clear Boeing’s prototype was significantly better.
But then there’s still a couple of other manufacturers available, isn’t there? LM, NG… can’t think of a third one currently… Boeing would be the last place I would go to for reliable and critical engineering
NG decided not to bid, actually, so it was a binary choice.
At least it’s not SpaceX